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| 5974 | People report seeing through rocks, or over the horizon, or impossibly small works |
| Full Idea: It is said that Lynceus could see through rock and tree, and a lookout in Sicily saw Carthaginian ships a day and a half away, and Callicrates and Myrmecides are said to fashion carriages canopied with the wings of fly, and write on sesame seeds. | |||
| From: Plutarch (72: Against Stoics on common Conceptions [c.85], 1083e) | |||
| A reaction: A warning from Plutarch against believing everything you hear! |